Article 4934C Super Mario Maker 2, Link’s Awakening remaster headline latest Nintendo Direct

Super Mario Maker 2, Link’s Awakening remaster headline latest Nintendo Direct

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Sam Machkovech
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    Super Mario Maker 2 seeks to earn that sequel designation via a ton of new features. [credit: Nintendo ]

The latest "Nintendo Direct" announcement video came packed with surprises, and none shattered more earth than the big Mario and Zelda games at the video's beginning and end.

As seen in the above gallery, Super Mario Maker 2 is heading to Nintendo Switch in June 2019, and it appears to include enough new tools and systems to rank as a bona fide sequel, if not at least a serious "deluxe" edition. The revealed footage sticks primarily to the four games that the original build-your-own-platformer game supported (SMB1, SMB3, SMW, NSMB), but it adds tools like auto-scrolling paths, clear tubes, piranha plant pathing, more platforms, and the cat-suit power-up.

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    Beady-eyed Link matches the "hand-sculpted" look that pervades this Link's Awakening remake footage.

Though Nintendo issued only a vague release window of "2019," the company had a lot to showcase for its upcoming, surprise-announced remake of The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening. This apparently faithful remake retains the 1993 Game Boy game's top-down perspective (along with its occasional drops into underground side-scrolling), but it otherwise remakes the entire game as a fully 3D adventure.

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